Though it's certainly true that hydropower is a better option than profligate burning of coal for China, surely there are more eco-friendly ways to tap into China's world -
leading hydropower resources than continued building of large - scale dams.
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Hydropower is a tremendous
resource, often available in areas far from other sources of power, and critical to the future of many people around the globe,» said Richard Brown, a senior research scientist at PNNL and the
lead author of the Fisheries paper.